Well it seems that the new editor of the Cairns Post is just as much a shit stirring, unethical twat as his predecessor. I had such high hopes that the content of the local rag would somehow miraculously improve from repeating slander and gossip as fact, reporting on things in the most biased of fashions, quoting people who they've never actually spoken to and perhaps even going so far as to improve upon their editorial process to the point where stories are written as an actual news piece should be, not an introduction to a dodgy novel written by a 15 year old. It would seem not.

Tuesday saw an article regarding the Facebook pages of some council members. The Cairns Post admitted to accessing the profile of councillor Kirsten Lesina and decided to make comments about the content found therein: "It also lists memberships to groups "come the f--- on bridget" and "1 million strong against Labor"." Not only that but they seemed to have had issue with the fact that her status message that day was that she had seen Zack and Miri Make a Porno and loved it.

First off, Zack and Miri Make a Porno WAS a good movie (admittedly it could have had a better ending but as a Kevin Smith fangirl, I'm not complaining too much). It's rated R, she's over the age of 18, what exactly is so terribly scandalous about having that as her Facebook status? Secondly, as Kirsten pointed out in her Letter to the Editor the day after (seriously, stick it to them! Three cheers from me) they decided to make that an issue and disregard the fact that it was later changed to her urging people to support Wildlife Victoria & The Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.

Actually since the topic had been brought up, I decided to go and look at her profile for myself. The Cairns Post reported her Facebook status on February 24th. Her Facebook status at that time was actually "Kirsten is trying to organise a walk along the Esplanade to raise money for Wildlife Victoria and the Red Cross Bushfire & Flood Appeal". Her Zack and Miri status was changed on the 17th of February. Does anybody really need any more proof that The Cairns Post is hateful?

Well, just in case you do need more proof that The Cairns Post is the most ridiculous excuse for a newspaper in the entire world, we come to the matter of them claiming that Kirsten is a member of groups "come the f--- on bridget" and "1 million strong against Labour". Again, by actually looking at Kirsten's profile, it is abundantly clear that she's not a member of either of those groups. She's in quite a few PRO-Labor parties but no anti-Labor parties. The only reference I can see to "bridget" is that she has listed Bridget Jones' Diary as one of her favourite books (10 points to her, the books are a zillion times better than the movies).

It's completely infuriating that The Cairns Post has yet again seen fit to report on A) something that isn't actually news, and B) something that is only half based in fact. When the hell is someone who isn't me and preferably in a position of power to enforce changes actually going to call them on it?